Effects of essential oils supplementation on in vitro and in situ feed digestion in beef cattle

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 196, Issue , 2014, Pages 50-59

  Nanon, A ^a   Suksombat, W ^a   Yang, W Z ^b  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Batch culture; Essential oil; Feed digestibility; Gas production; In situ rumen method

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; HORDEUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 84906943551     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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